Debianization for the Hashicorp Nomad Binary

This repository contains the tools to build an updated Hashicorp Nomad debian package.

Following the instructions, you will be able to have a working .deb debian package containing Nomad.

Short DEB-packaging HowTo

1. Simply run the following script included in the repository

deb-automate-build.sh

Installing the Nomad debian packages

After the build is completed, it's as simple as:

dpkg -i ../nomad*.deb

Dist

The dist folder contains sample configs for various platforms. The examples will be included in the debian package in the share/docs/nomad folder.

Conventions

This package extract a few bytes from the original package by Dmitry Smirnov. Configuragions should be placed under /etc/nomad and store data will be saved under /var/lib/nomad/. The package will create both directories. The nomad binary will be is installed to /usr/bin/nomad.

Agent Configs

The example configuration files are provided:

• server.hcl
• client.hcl

Place one of these under /etc/nomad depending on the node's role. You should use server.hcl to configure a node as a server (which is responsible for scheduling) or client.hcl to configure a node as a client (which is responsible for running workloads).

Read https://nomadproject.io/docs/agent/config.html to learn which options are available and how to configure them.